Temple roller



Jufiy E16 S HAFFER 2,0859? TEMPLE ROLLER Filed March 14, 1935 iii / I II .,--.-1. 5 um .Ellll sziz w n tor tions, having peripheral pins,rubber spiral and eral views,

Patented July 16, 1935 ,fl 2,008,597

UNITED STATES PATENT; OFFICE 2,oos,s9 'z g 1 f TEMPLE ROLLER AdamSchafler, Philadelphia; Pa. Application March 14, v1935,'Serial No. 1l,1 48

7 Claims. (01. 139-296) The present invention relates to looms, andreadily substitutedfor present day rollers in the f more particularly toan improved temple roller cup of the temple barvwithout any modificationfor counteracting the tendency ofthe cloth to in the construction andproportions of the same. draw in and become narrow and to hold the cloth1 With the foregoing and other objects in view,

5 extended to the full width of the reed during .the the invention willbe more fully described here- 5 operation of weaving. inafter, and willbe more particularly pointed out In practice a pair of temples is used,cne at inthe claims appended hereto. eachside of the cloth; and eachtemple is pro- .In the drawing, wherein like symbols refer to videdwithapair of rollers, in one or more seclike or corresponding pa tsthroughout the sev- 1 wire ribs, cork layers and the like. Figure l is aperspective view of a temple as These prior temple rollers are not onlyvery applied to one side of a strip of cloth and equipped expensive inthe operation ofthe loomson 130- with, rollers constructed'according tothe invencount of their costly manufacture but also, betion. A w x v I rcause they wear down rapidly and require fre- Figure 2 isa longitudinalsection taken through 15 quent replacement and cannot be economicallythe same onthe line 2-'--2'of F'igure1.

repaired, and further they are not adapted for Figure 3 is a transversesection taken on the working on silk and other delicate cloth woven line3-'3o f- Figure '2. V

in the loom. I Figure 4 is a bottom plan view of the cap of the Anobjectof this invention is to overcome these temple bar, showing the mountingof a pair of 20 deficiencies and disadvantages and to provideatheimprovedrollers therein.

temple roller which is cheap to initially manu- Figure 5 is a like view,showing a slight modififacture, w c ay be economically rec vered ocation of the roller arrangement and wherein renewed, which hasincreasedwearing qualities sectionalrollers areused,

'25 over prior roll r and w i h y Operate upon Figure fi .isadetailperspective view of a roller silk and otherjdelicate' fabric withoutinjury core havingga} portion of t e Winding layer apthereto. i pliedthereto and with the initial end of the wind- Another object of theinvention is to provide int rlo kedito the core, and

a pl roller w th a relatively soft gripping Figure 7 is a perspectiveview of the core havsurface wh is effective, which may withstand ing thewinding layer substantially completed, at y long Wear, a Which is m l yand showing the last operations in looking and renewable withoutdiscarding the core or body covering the'finished endof the winding.portion of the roller. I 3 Referring now to the drawing and first toFig- A further object of the invention isto provide ure 1,15 designatesa temple bar'having a supa temple roller with a core of hard wood or theL-po'rting arm' ldadapted to be attached to the 3 like having woundthereon a braided cord strand 1, breastibe'am of'the loom, or the likeso as to sup- O 0056011, leather, rawhide other Suitable port the bar.-|5 with its parallel cups l'l transteri l; 'theeore b i so n r c d andthe verselyibeneathfthe "edge portionof the cloth strand layer being soplaced on the core as to fabricxl8: as it comes from the reed of theloom.

:40 interlock the ends of the strand to the command Thebar IS carries acap piece [9 which is de- '4 cover and protect the strand ends beneaththe tachably connected at its outer end to the outer winding and preventthe ends protruding and end of the bar 15' by a screw 20 or the like anddangling from the finished roller; and to also supportediin spacedrelation from the bar IE to hold the winding taut to the desired degree,deprovide a slot or passage through the temple bar pending upon thematerial of the fabric to be andthrough which the edge portion of thecloth held, so that the strand presents a spiral; tight or'fabriclBtravels. I

winding at the peripheral surface of the roller. It is well known in theart'to' providea pair of Another object is to provide a roller structuretemples one at each edge portion of the cloth of this character whereinthe roller may be of to hold the latter'taut and prevent thenarrowdesired length so as to be used as a full'length ing of the clothas it passes out of the loom.

roller or in multiple where separate roller sec- Thecap I9 carries apair of temple rollers tions are desired and wherein the spiralwindwhich are of like construction, as shown in Figing may be made ineither direction. ure 4, and which are ,disposedin parallel slightlyAnother object of the invention is to provide spaced apart relation soas to register with the i a roller of this improved type which may becups .11 when the cap I9 is fitted to the bar l5.

Each temple roller comprises a core 2| of any suitable material, such asrelatively hard wood and the core 21 has an axial opening 22 extendingentirely through the same for the reception of an axle pin 23 which atoneend is provided with a smooth and rounded portion adapted to v engagein a seat 24 provided at the outer end of the cap it, the axle rod 23having a screw threaded portion 25 which detachably engages with athreadedopening through the inner end of the cap l9. There is a rod23.for each temple roller and the latter may be quickly and easilyremoved from the'cap, after the same is detached from the bar 95, bymerely unscrewing the rod sections and withdrawing the rods from thecores 2 I."

Each core 2! is provided at opposite ends with keris 26 and 2'! whichare disposed transversely across the ends of the core and at one side ofthe axial opening 22, as shown in Figures 6 and 'i.

,The surface layerrof theroller may be, of braid ed' cotton, leather,rawhide or other suitable ma- "terial which is pliable and whichpresentsthe necessary frictional contact for holding the-fabric; 18,.These new temple rollers are adapted particularly for silk, cellanese orother fabrics of a delicate nature so that the fabrics would and evensurface to the roller'of the "desired hardness, depending upon' thegoods to be passed through the temple. The winding is in the form of astrand, of leather, rawhide, braided cotton or the like-which has itsinitial extremity 29 disposed in fiat "engagement against one side ofthe core 2|, near one end thereof, and'which is carried'from' saidextremity 29 through the adjacent end kerf 26 of the core to form-an endloop 39 for the winding, the strand being carried from the kerf 26 aboutthe core 2| in successful convolutions or helices so as to not onlycover the core but also bind the convolutions of the strand about theinitial end 29. Thus, the extremity 29 is firmly held and enclosedwithin the winding and the looped end 30 engagesthrough thekerf 26 tolock the initial end of the layer-windingo'n the core 2|; -L 1 Q Thestrand 28.is wrapped spirally and continuously until adjacent theopposite end oi' the core 2!. Here. the end portion of the strand islooped outwardly from the side of the roller to form a finishing loop 3|which'is of considerable size to admit of. ease in finishing ofi theend'of thewinding. The end of the loop 3| is engaged through the kerf 2Tandis held against the :side

of the core 2! while the finishing loopfis twisted and rolled about theend portion of the core and over the fiat'end of the loop so as toholdthe end against the core and cover it by the adjacent end convolutionsof the winding. After the fin-' ishing loop 3! has been twisted anddrawn about small for further wrapping, the finishing extremity 32 ofthe strand is drawn lengthwise and along one side of the roller so as topull the free end of the. loop 31 through-the lrerf 2! and draw thestrandtaut so that the finishing end ofthe roller will be substantiallythe same as the initial end thereof. 'After the strand has been drawntaut and the finishing loop 3| has disappeared, the extremity 32 is cutoff close to the adjacent end windings so that the cut end. of thestrand will lie beneath the end convolutions of the windtemple rollers.

ing and will be housed and held in locked position on the core.

These temple rollers may be of any desired length. As shown in Figures 1to 4, they are of the full length of the cups I! but, as shown in Figure5, the rollers maybe of shorter length, depending upon the side of thecores 33 and 34 so as to interfi-t in offset or staggered pairs,according to the different types of cloth and work to be done.

It is apparent that when the surface of the roller is worn, the strand28 may be out or otherwise removed from the core 2! and a new surfacelayer strand may be quickly and easily wound upon the core to renew thesurface of the roller. The cores ma'ythus be saved and usedindefinitelyas the winding of the strand 23 is a relatively simple andeconomical operation, and the strand itself, whether of cotton, leatheror rawhide is relatively inexpensive. This obviates the necessity ofdiscarding the rollers completely and the consequent high cost ofmaintenance of the It is obvious that variouschanges andniodi-'fications may be made in the details of construction and design of theabove specifically described embodiment of this invention withoutdeparting from the spirit thereof, such changes and modificationsbeingrestricted only by the scope of the following claims: V V a r 1 What isclaimed is: a i 1'. A temple'roller, comprising a, core'having kerfs" inits opposite ends, and a surface layer winding of a soft-pliablematerial extending-spirally from end to end on the core'and having itsopposite'ends locked through the kerfs-with the opposite extremities ofthe windingterminating beneath the respective end helices of thewinding.

2. A temple roller, comprising a core having kerfs: in its oppositeends, and a surface layer winding of a strandof pliable material Woundspirally fromend to end on the core, the initial end 'of the'woundstrandbeing anchored beneath the'severalfirst helices thereof and loopedaxially from beneath the same'through the adjacent 'kerf of the core andlock the winding thereto, the finished end of the winding being loopedthrough the kerfat the opposite end of Qthe core and returned beneaththe several adja'cent end helices of the winding to lock the end of thewinding to the core, said opposite end helices of the winding enclosingand covering'the oppositeends of the layer winding.

' 3; A templeroller comprising a core of relatively hard wood havingkerfs in its opposite ends,

a strand of relatively soft and pliablematerial wrapped about said corefrom end to end thereof and having its opposite end portions looped out-Wardly through said kerfs and with the extremities of the stranddisposed beneath the adjacent end helices of the winding for holding theextremities beneath the surface of the roller and taut through saidkerfsl the core 2| until the finishingloop 3f is-too 4. A temple roller"comprising a core having kerfs in opposite ends, and a strand of braideding, and a surface winding of a'strip of pliable material extendingfrom'end to end about the core and with the end portions of the striplooped outwardly through said kerfs and with the extremities of thestrip disposed beneath the ad- .iacent end convolutions thereof.

6. A temple roller comprising a core having an axial openingtherethrough for receiving a supporting pin and provided with offsetkerfs in its opposite ends, and a renewable surface winding comprising astrip of pliable material wound helically from end to end about thecore, the opposite ends of said strip being looped outwardly throughsaid kerfs and with the extremities disposed beneath the adjacentconvolutions of the strip.

7. The method of covering the core of a temple roller having kerfs inits opposite ends, which consists in looping one end of a pliable stripthrough the kerf at one end of the core and spirally winding the stripabout the roller from said end and over the adjacent extremity of thestrip to cover the latter, continuing the spiral winding of the stripthroughout substantially the length of the roller, engaging the oppositeend portion of the strip through the kerf in the opposite end of theroller with a loop portion between the last convolution and the kerf,twisting said loop portion and winding the same about the core toprovide the final convolution in the winding and wrappingvsaidconvolutions over the adjacent extremity of the strip to cover the sameand hold it firmly to the core, then drawing said extremity of the stripoutwardly beneath said final convolution of the winding to draw thewinding taut, and finally severing the extremity of the strip adjacentsaid convolutions for completely covering the final extremity of thewound strip.

ADAM SCHAFFER.

